About the Job:
The Registered Nurse:
•Practices in a perinatal clinical setting and is responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of client care
•Works in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team
•Ensures the delivery of client–centered care by assisting individual clients and their families respond to changing health care needs
•Demonstrates a specialized body of knowledge and bases practice on nursing science and related content from other sciences and humanities
This is a Relief Part-time (0.81) opportunity until November 04, 2026, or the return of the incumbent.
Shifts of work will be scheduled days and nights; rotating from 07:00 to 19:00, 19:00 to 07:00 hours.
About this location/unit:
At Kootenay Lake Hospital we have a very active maternity unit where all nurses cover labour, delivery and postpartum as well as some nursery for minor issues, growers and infants being stabilized prior to transport out. Nurses must also be able to care for post operative gyne surgery patients and overflow medical patients. There are three delivery suites, three post partum beds and ten bassinettes with 350 deliveries a year.
Nelson: Located on the shores of beautiful Kootenay Lake and surrounded by the Selkirk Mountains is the picturesque community of Nelson. Lush parks, colourful gardens and over 350 heritage buildings give the city of Nelson a unique charm. Known as “City of the Arts,” Nelson has been consistently ranked as the number one small town arts community in Canada. Residents enjoy a wide range of leisure pursuits, including hiking, biking, boating, fishing, golfing, and skiing. Nelson is an economically diverse community supported by small retail businesses, tourism, and internet-based businesses.
Interior Health is an organization where you have room to grow and where life outside of work is just as important to us as it is to you.